ESO Motif Guide – Part One

Whether you buy ESO items or you sell them for that sweet Elder Scrolls Online gold, motifs are one of the things that keeps the economy spinning.

Here is a quick guide to how to obtain the rare motifs, be sure to collect them all!

ESO MOTIF GUIDE

1 . Event motif - SalhrimFrostcaller

Welcome in first eso motif guide. ESO Motif Book is available in Crown Store during the New Life Festival event. The raw material for the costume is unobtainable and has to be crafted with Mimic Stones.

2. lnstance Motif - Mazzatun

The final boss in Ruins of Mazzatun (Tree-Minder Ka-Nesh) drops the motif chapters. The drop rate depends on difficulty level with normal mode having a very low chance and veteran hard mode always dropping a chapter. The material (Leviathan Scrimshaw) required drops from bosses of Mazzatun and by deconstructing the gear that dropped in the instance.

3. Instance Motif - Silken Ring 

Chapters of the motif is dropped by the final boss of Cradle of Shadows (Velidreth). The drop rate depends on difficulty level with normal mode having a very low chance and veteran hard mode always dropping a chapter.The material (Distilled Slowsilver) required drops from bosses of Cradle of Shadows and by deconstructing the gear that dropped in the instance.

4. Event Motif - Grim Harlequin

Entire motif book is available for purchase in Crown Store during the Witches Festival. Style material, Grinstone, is obtainable only by deconstructing Grim Harlequin styled drops, or replaced by mimic stones.

5. Event Motif - Hallowjack

Chapters of this motif can be obtained from Plunder Skulls that are looted from delve bosses, world bosses, dungeon and trial bosses during the Witches Festival but only under the effect of Witchmothers Brew. The motif material, Amber Marble, drops from Plunder Skulls as well.

6. Instance Motif - Celestial

Chapters of this motif are a guaranteed reward from weekly trial quests in Aetherian Archive, Sanctum Ophidia and Hel Ra Citadel. The full book has extremely low chance of dropping from the reward bags. Each trial rewards different parts:

AA: Helmet, Shoulder, Boot, Staves, Axe

HRC: Chest, Belt, Shield, Mace

SO: Glove, Leg, Bow, Dagger, Sword

The style material can be obtained from bosses within those raids.

7. DLC Motif - Order of The Hour

Chapters of the Motif are available via daily quest in Golden Coast (Dark Brotherhood DLC) that makes you kill boss of Kvatch Arena. Boss himself has a low chance of dropping the motif. Raw material – Grains of Pearl Sand can be found in resource nodes scattered all around Gold Coast.

8. DLC Motif guide - Minotaur

Chapters of the Motif are available via daily quest in Golden Coast (Dark Brotherhood DLC) that makes you kill the minotaur boss – Limenauruus. Boss himself has a low chance of dropping the motif. Oxblood Fungus Spores (raw materials) can drop from normal Minotaurs found in the Gold Coast.

9. Guilds Motif - Draugr

Chapters and style material is obtainable via daily quests for Fighters Guild, Mages Guild and Undaunted.

10. Master Writ Voucher - Ebony

Chapters and style material (Night Pumice) are available for purchase at RolisHlaalu (Mastercraft Mediator) for Master Writ Vouchers.

This is the first part of our eso motig guide dedicated to those elusive ESO items. Stay tuned for more eso motif guides!